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COVID-19: Spain extends state of emergency until 11 April

The Spanish lockdown is extended for another 15 days, Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez announced on Sunday.

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Coronavirus: Spain's COVID-19 death toll exceeds 1,000

There is also more than a thousand patients fighting the disease in intensive care.

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Spaniards and Italians in UK shocked by coronavirus response

Italy, Spain and France are on lockdown. Spaniards and Italians in the UK are shocked London hasn't followed suit.

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Spain's PM speaks to empty parliament chamber amid COVID-19 lockdown

Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez warned that the worst was still to come.

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Spain's King Felipe VI renounces inheritance from father amid scandal

The royal house said in a statement that in addition to renouncing his inheritance, Felipe is stripping Juan Carlos of his annual stipend.

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Wuhan football team leaving Spain to escape coronavirus

Wuhan's football team has been stranded in Spain for weeks with the Chinese city on lockdown over coronavirus. Now they're fleeing Spain to avoid the virus.

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Spain-bound planes turn around mid-air as coronavirus cases soar

At least seven Jet2 flights turned around mid-air on the way to Spain with Madrid set to announce a coronavirus lockdown.

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Spain warns elderly to avoid their grandchildren as COVID-19 spreads

Nn a country where only 4% of the population work from home, many working parents rely on grandparents for childcare

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Far right deputy tests positive for coronavirus days after mass rally

'It was a mistake, for which we apologise,' VOX said.

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European churches take measures to contain coronavirus outbreak

As churches across Europe are cancelling masses and banning believers from kissing sculptures, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has said that diseases cannot be transmitted via holy communion,

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Coronavirus panic leaves supermarket looking like 'end of the world'

Panic buying at supermarkets in central Madrid triggered by the spread of coronavirus led to long queues and empty shelves on Tuesday.

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Critics slam Puigdemont rally near Catalonia amid COVID-19 outbreak

This is the closest Carles Puigdemont has come to return to Spain since fleeing more than two years ago.

United Kingdom

Storm Jorge: Europe braces for heavy rain, floods — and Saharan dust

Authorities in Ireland and the UK have warned that the rain expected this weekend is likely to "worsen the flooding situation" ushered in by storm Dennis.

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No COVID-19 checks for Spanish students returning from northern Italy

Spanish students returning home from northern Italy say they were not checked for coronavirus.

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Francisco Luzón: 'I think about death every day. But I want to live'

Luzón, who suffers from ALS, thinks about death every day - but only for five minutes.

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Watch: Tourist speaks about life under lockdown at Tenerife hotel

Harriet spoke to us from a Tenerife hotel on lockdown after a guest tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus

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In pictures: Coronavirus and Greta among themes at Sitges Carnival

Two people who attended the carnival in medical suits and masks said: 'We've got to laugh'.

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Canary Islands sandstorm from Sahara disrupts hundreds of flights

All airports on the Canary Islands were shut on Sunday after a vast sandstorm blew in from the Sahara Desert, shrouding the islands in dust

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Euthanasia debate: 'If my family suffers, I want the right to die'

As Spain debates euthanasia, the sick ask to be heard: "If I'm making my family suffer because I have no strength left in my body, I want to die. I want to have that right"

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Spain's female footballers secure historic pay deal

Spain’s female footballers have reached a historic first collective agreement over pay and conditions, after a long battle for rights which included an unprecedented strike last year